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MARY A. MCCLELLAND, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

ATTACHMENT FOR CHAIRS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. April l, 1909.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909. serial No. 487,201.

To all whom it may concern:v

Be it known that I, MARY A. MOCLEL- LAND, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Albany, in the county of Albany and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachmentsfor Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in attachments for chairs and moreespecially to tablets for supporting writing pads, writing paper,drawing paper, books and other articles thereon.

The object of the invention is to provide a chair with a tablet which iscapable of be ing adjusted in such a manner that it will assume aconvenient position when in use and furnish a support for a writing` pador other article, and which can be dropped down into a vertical positionout of the way when not in use and occupy a minimum amount of space.

It also has for its object to provide a device of the characterdescribed which is simple, inexpensive and durable in construction andwhich can be easily and quickly adjusted to the desired position.

Chairs having this attachment are particularly designed for use incolleges, schools, libraries, lunch rooms, and private residences, butare capable of being used in numerous other places.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1, is a side view of a chair showingthe tablet in the position it assumes when in use in full lines and inthe position it assumes when not in use in dotted lines. Fig. 2, a frontview. Fig. 3, a top plan view. Fig. 1, a cross-section on the line X-Xof Fig. 8, on an enlarged scale. 'Fig 5, a detail view of the tablet.

In the drawings in which like numerals of reference denote like partsthroughout the several views, 1 represents an arm chair which may be ofany desired style and constructed of any suitable material, 2 cornerposts the upper portions of which serve as supports for the arms 3 and 4and the lower portions forming legs 5, said chair being provided with aback 6 and a seat 7 having a laterally extending stop S. The tablet 9comprises two members 10 and 11 hinged together at 12 in any suitablemanner and pivoted to the side 13 of the arm 3 of the chair by means ofa headed bolt 14 passing through a hole 15 in the member 10 and beingprovided with a nut 16. The tablet 4 rest on the upper surface 17 of thesaid arm.

When the tablet is not in use the members 1'() andy 11 will be in thesame vertical plane and the edge of the member 10 will rest against thestop 8 on the seat 7.

Although I have shown the stop attached to the seat it may be attachedto the arm or round of the chair.

Although the tablet is particularly adaptJ ed for use on the arm or armsof a chair it is obvious that it could be attached to any other suitablesupport and if it is desired to incline the tablet the arm or arms ofthe chair may be inclined.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the specicdetails of construction and arrangement as herein described andillustrated, as it is manifest that variations and modifications may bemade in the features of construction and arrangement in the adaptationof the device to the various conditions of use without departing fromthe spirit and scope of my invention and improvements. I thereforereserve the right to all such variations and modifications as properlyfall within the scope of my invention and the terms of the followingclaims.

What I claim is 1. In an attachment for chairs, an arm, a tablet dividedinto two members which are hinged together, one of said members piv otedto the arm and abutting against it, thus preventing lateral movement ofthe tablet, and the other member being supported on and in contact withsaid arm, when in use, the last named member designed to be turned onits hinge until it is in line with the pivoted member and both of saidmembers swung down into the same vertical plane, when not in use,substantially as described.

2. In an attachment for chairs, an arm, a tablet comprising two membershinged together longitudinally, one member being in a vertical plane andpivoted to and abutting` against the sido of the arm and the Intestimony whereof I have signed myl other member being in a horizontalplane, name in the presence of two subscribing l0 when in ise, angl whennot in ue boh o witnesses. saic mem ers a uttino' against t e si e o 5the arm by means of which they are held in MARY A' MGCLELLAND' the same4Vertical plane and a stop for ar- /Vitnesses: resting the rearwardmovement of said mem- 1WILLIAM J. MILNE. [L sj bers, substantially asdescribed. ANNA W. BURBANK. [L 5.]

